Re: Validatng internet information

[Gabriel Gancarz <gancarz@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>]

Here is a forwarded bulletin board message about evaluating web resources.
It includes several sites which address the issue and how to tell a good,
informative web page from junk.

EVALUATING WEB RESOURCES

With millions of pages on the Web, how do you sort out the good from
the bad, the useful ones from the time-wasters? Those with the most
experience in evaluating information resources -- librarians and other
information specialists -- are ready to help you out with several
recent articles. Check out any of these resources for expert guidance
and helpful tips:

Alexander, Jan, and Marsha Tate. "Teaching Critical Evaluation Skills
for World Wide Web Resources."
Available online at http://www.science.widener.edu/~withers/webeval.htm
An article with the same title will appear in Computers in Libraries,
vol. 16, no. 10, November/December 1996, pp. 49-55.
To contact the authors:
Jan Alexander (email: janet.e.alexander@widener.edu)
or
Marsha Tate (email: marsha.a.tate@widener.edu)
Wolfgram Memorial Library, Widener University, One University Place,
Chester, PA 19013 USA.

Descy, Don. "Evaluating Internet Resources." TechTrends, vol. 41, no.
4, September 1996, pp. 3-5.
To contact the author: Don E. Descy, Library Media Education
Department, Mankato State University, Mankato, MN 56002-8400 USA;
email: descy@vax1.mankato.msus.edu;
Web: http://www.lme.mankato.msus.edu/ded/don.html

Eades, Lynn. "Live from the Internet and Beyond...Teaching Patrons to
Evaluate Internet Sites." Librarians' Association Newsletter, no. 143,
October 1996, p. 4.
Available online at http://www.unc.edu/lib/launcch/oct96n.htm#internet
To contact the author: Lynn Eades, Health Sciences Library, CB# 7585,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA;
tel: 919-966-8012; email: beades@med.unc.edu

Rettig, James. "Beyond 'Cool' -- Analog Models for Reviewing Digital
Resources." Online, vol. 20, no. 6, September/October 1996, pp. 52-54,
56, 58-62, 64.
Available online at
http://www.onlineinc.com/online/online/onlinemag/SeptOL/rettig9.html
To contact the author: James Rettig, Swem Library, College of William
and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8794 USA; tel: 757-221-3058;
fax: 757-221-2635; email: jrettig@mail.swem.wm.edu

Tillman, Hope N. "Evaluating Quality on the Net." From a paper
presented at Computers in Libraries, Hyatt Regency Crystal City,
Arlington, Virginia, Monday, February 26, 1996.
Available online at http://www.tiac.net/users/hope/findqual.html
To contact the author: Hope N. Tillman, Director of Libraries, Babson
College, Babson Park, MA 02157 USA; tel: 617-239-4259;
email: hope@tiac.net; Web: http://www.tiac.net/users/hope/

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Gabriel R. Gancarz
Webmaster, Orchard Beach State Park - A State Parks Online Site of the Week
http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~gancarz/obsp.htm

University of Illinois - Graduate School of Library and Information Science

"If you aim for PERFECTION, you'll reach Greatness.
 If you aim for Greatness, you'll reach good.
 If you aim for good, you'll reach average."       - Lou Holtz
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